salten

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English salten, from Old English sealten, from Proto-West Germanic *saltan, from Proto-Germanic *saltanaz (“salted”), past participle of *saltaną (“to salt”), equivalent to salt +‎ -en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian soalten (“salted; salty”), Dutch gezouten (“salted”), German Low German solten (“salted”), German gesalzen (“salted”). ==== Adjective ==== salten (comparative more salten, superlative most salten) (rare) salted; salty a salten marsh === Etymology 2 === From salt + -en (“to make like”). ==== Verb ==== salten (third-person singular simple present saltens, present participle saltening, simple past and past participle saltened) (ambitransitive) To make or become salty or salted === Anagrams === Altens, Antles, Slaten, latens, slaten, tensal == Asturian == === Verb === salten third-person plural present indicative of saltar third-person plural present subjunctive of saltar == Catalan == === Verb === salten third-person plural present indicative of saltar == East Central German == === Etymology === From Middle High German selten, selden, from Old High German seltan, from Proto-West Germanic *seldanā. Compare German selten. === Adverb === salten (Erzgebirgisch) seldom, rarely === Further reading === Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 134 == Galician == === Verb === salten inflection of saltar: third-person plural present subjunctive third-person plural imperative == Middle English == === Alternative forms === salte, sulte === Etymology === From Old English sealtan, from Proto-West Germanic *saltan, from Proto-Germanic *saltaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-; equivalent to salt +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsaltən/ === Verb === salten To salt food; to sprinkle with salt for flavour. To use salt to aid the preservation or keeping of food. (rare) To apply salt to the body for medicinal reasons. (rare) To apply salt to open wounds as a method of torture. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: salt Scots: saut ==== References ==== “salten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 October 2018. == Spanish == === Verb === salten inflection of saltar: third-person plural present subjunctive third-person plural imperative